Cretan partisans pose for a photograph following the Axis invasion of the Greek island. Part of the larger Greek Resistance, it began on 20 May 1941 when German Fallschirmjäger (paratroops) invaded the island in the Battle of Crete (German: Unternehmen Merkur, or, Operation Mercury). For the first time during the war, invading German forces faced in Crete a valiant and vicious backlash from the local civilian population. Civilians on Crete: men, women and even children, picked off Axis…

George the dragon slayer .

Hellenic Air Force, Fat, Greece

The main arms of the Greek army before WWI, shown over the Royal Greek Battle Flag. (Top to bottom) Model 1903 Mannlicher-Schoenauer Carbine, M-S Infantry Rifle, M-S Infantry Rifle and Greek Gras Infantry Rifle.